Saturday meet and greet saw a good roll up with the usual discussions on how to run the country and how to save the world. 

On Saturday evening 12 members attended the Christmas in July at the William Farrer Hotel. 

From all reports it was a good night and the entertainer wasn’t too shabby.

Twelve bods on 11 bikes went off on the scheduled run to Tallangatta with some new faces on the scene. First stop was Culcairn on the way down and coffee was top of the list along with a short comfort stop.

From there, through Albury and Wodonga to Tallangatta for lunch at the Hotel. 

After lunch the tour took in the Granya Gap and the Wymah Ferry, then through Holbrook and Home. 

The annual swap meet was held at the Wagga Showgrounds on Sunday and the Toy Run Committee held a firewood raffle with wood donated by Mark Kennedy. 

We had a good day with the winning ticket was drawn out of the barrel by Andrew McTaggart  and  the winner was M McIntyre of McLeay Street in Wagga.

The raffle was drawn at 2.15pm and we had the load of firewood delivered by  3.15pm, can’t get much better service than that.

Last night was our monthly branch meeting with a fair turn out on a cold  night. The next ride will be the gathering of the branches at the Morundah Hotel where Mein Host turns on a fantastic bistro style meal. That will be on August 7. 

On August 21 it will be off to Bribbaree which is at the base of The Wedddin Mountains National Park or for the more educated, out Grenfell way. 

Following that we then have the Tri Branch weekend in Griffith on September 9-11 and we will give you more on that as we get closer to the date. 

So things are starting to move along and hopefully the days will start to warm up again with a little less rain on ride days.

A fantastic day on the range at Lockhart for our 300 Yard Trophy Match. The sun was out and everyone enjoyed the warm weather after the last few weeks of wet conditions.

After his successful mission to the Ungarie prize meeting Neville Lyons again came out on top on Handicap. He also top scored in F Class followed by Chris Veness.

Three F Class shooters all finished with 104.3. So a tight finish! It was also tight in target rifle with Scott pipping Dave on centres.

Trahlon Lyons, our junior shooter, had a go at target rifle and acquitted himself well. It was good to see John Owens out for a hit also!

Results as follows: Target Rifle Scott Brindley-A-97.11, Dave Xuereb-A-97.5, Graham Crowe-A-95.11, Jeremy Westblade-B-93.10, John Owens-C-90.2, David Slowiak-C-91.4, Trahlon Lyons-C-74.1. F Class  Neville Lyons-FS-111.2, Chris Veness-FS-106.6, John Smoothy-FS-104.3, John Dixon-FS-104.3, Hubert Hassall-FS-104.3.

Next weekend will 500 Yards. We only have four weekends to go before our prize meeting. 

There will be a working bee next Saturday starting at 9.30am to continue preparations.

Sunday was 200y group, shot in mild sunny conditions. Custom class went to Rob Dalbon  from Griffith with an agg of 0.963”; followed by John Butts (1.061) and Don Ewin (1.068).

In factory class Rob Cheetham was a comfortable winner on 1.283” from West Wyalong’s Garry Moore (1.345) and Tony Gestier (1.651).

Sunday the 24th is 100y rimfire fly (5 x 5 shot targets).

The Murrumbidgee Muster black powder weekend is fast approaching on the 6th  and 7th of August.

For more information contact Don EWIN on 69263757 or donbruce8@bigpond.com.

A full complement of 14 teams of local and district bowlers took part in the Annual Versatility Fives Tournament on the Sunday with singles, pairs, triples and fours being played.

First prizemoney of $1000 went to the Junee side of Grant Shaw, Ian Cooper, Brian Purse, Marty Cousley, Martin Holmes with four wins plus 45 shots.

Second place and prizemoney of $500 was won by Pedro Rudd, Geoff Holt, Phil Hancock, Paul Wilson, Jim Carroll with 4 wins plus 31 shots.

Third prizemoney of $200 was won by Col Firman, Ross McKenzie, Paul Cooper, Kevin Cheney, Col Plater with 3 wins plus 42 shots.

Wednesday blind draw Pairs winners : Jeff Post, Jack Cousley 23 points; runners-up Jim Carroll, Henry Sperrin 20 points; 3rd place John Hetherington, Don Anderson 19 points.

Saturday blind draw winners: Noel O'Brien, Rod Crump 22 points; runners-up Gus Williams, Norm King 21 points; 3rd place Paul Cooper, Peter Wild 20 points.

Sunday mixed bowls winners : Barry Metcalfe, Ann Purcell, Ron Myers 19 points; runners-up Brian Wurtz, Helen Tyrrell, Sharon Connors 15 points.

Coming events: Wednesday Blind Draw Triples, Friday Nominated Pairs, Saturday Blind draw, Sunday Mixed Blind Draw – all names in by noon for 1pm starts in all events.

It was good to welcome Scott Lennox’s young bloke, Champbe, back from Sydney to play in last Saturday’s July Monthly Medal, and even better to see him collect the A Grade medal with a solid score of 70 nett.

Adrian George grabbed second place with 71 nett, while another low-marker, Dave McGrath secured third spot on a c/b with 73 nett.

In B Grade, Andrew Morrison scored 70 nett to get home from straight-hitting veteran, Bruce Yeatman, 74 on a c/b from Josh Veliscek.

Essendon tragic, Terry McMillan took care of C Grade with 72 nett on a c/b from Owen Guthrie, also on a c/b from Tim Harris.

NTP’s to Gary Chamberlain, Champbe Lennox and Rowan Laurent, who showed his A Grade playing partners how it was done when he knocked it to 90 cm on the long and tricky 18th. Ball comp to 77 nett.

Due to the wet, cold and windy conditions last Wednesday, a usually good field for the mid-week stableford event was reduced to a few committed mud-runners.

Peter Austin won the day with a hard-earned 34 pts, from Matt McMullen 29 pts, while the NTP went to Roman Adamcewicz. Ball comp to 27 pts.

In ladies news, the girls have copped the worst of the weather over the past few weeks, and it was no different on Tuesday, when their stableford comp was reduced to 9 holes. In difficult conditions, Dee Harley took out

Division 1 with 18 pts, from Marg O’Rourke 12 pts, while in Division 2, Sandra Donohue scored 14 pts to win on a c/b from Trish Gray.

The ladies finally got to play an 18 hole event on Friday, and in Division 1, Gloria Vonarx got home with 32 pts, from Monica Kember 28 pts.

In Division 2, Pat Grieve carded 29 pts to score on a c/b from the consistent Trish Gray. NTP’s to Ann Leonard, Lorraine Hickey and Jan Leonard .

Vets news, and last Monday’s nine-hole stroke event went to Eddie Wall with 32 nett on a c/b from Les Hodges, followed by Grahame Winson 33, and Keith Withers and Tony Brunskill on 34 nett.

On Thursday, it was Garry Forde’s turn to collect when he scored 28 nett to win by a couple of shots from Don Thorne and Bob Martin, 30 nett, followed by John Burkinshaw, Ken Batt and Peter Briggs, 32 nett on a c/b.

Tim’s nine-hole Sunday stableford comp was played in terrific winter conditions, for a change, and the day was taken out by Steve Rodham with 18 pts, from Kyle Harrison 17 pts. Ball comp to 16 pts.

Tennis lessons will resume this week at the normal time and days. This Saturday July 23rd the new junior tennis competitions at the Forest Hill courts will recommence as well.

The masters competition is for players wanting more serious tournament play, with proper tie-breaker sets being played.

There is prizemoney for the top twenty players in the competition for all players having played five matches, as well as a best and fairest award.

To take part, just turn up at the start time of 3pm until 5pm.    

The last masters competition was won by Caden Maxwell on 47½ points over Oliver Plum on 44 points close behind Reece Rutland on 39½ points then Lara Plum on 26½ points and Karnie Spalding on 23½ points making up the top five places.

The junior tennis competition is open to all juniors wanting to play tennis in a friendly relaxed format, and is their first steps to playing competition.

All players should be able to serve to take part. There will be trophies to all players having played at least five matches. As well there is a special best and fairest award presented at the end of the competition.

This competition starts at 3pm to 5pm.

In the junior tournament Mitchell Spalding was the winner on 52½ points with Tory Grantham on 35½ points ahead of Lachlan McDonald on 28 points then Dylan Haisell on 24 points with Larissa Wyatt on 16½ points.

The Best and Fairest Awards went to: Masters duel winners Caden Maxwell and Oliver Plum. Junior Tournament winner was Mitchell Spalding.

All enquires about the junior competitions or tennis lessons please contact Roman Adamcewicz on 6922 4963 or 0439 584 125.

Social tennis every Monday and Thursday night from 7pm for all standards at Forest Hill contact Col 0447 464 234 or Trevor 0407 513 974.

TUESDAY, JULY 12: K Reid, M Telford, B Robinson  Def  V Burkinshaw, F Mahon, B Robinson.

K McMillan, J Stair, C Freeman  Def  J Chappelow, M Henderson, H Tyrell.

J Wilson, M Hounsell, N Gay  Def  B Cotterell, L Woolbank, G Smith.

THURSDAY, JULY 14: S lucas, C Freeman  Def  J Chappelow, M Williams.

J Wilson, J Mitchell   Def  F Mahon, E Larkin.

K Reid, C Darcy, P Macdonald  Def  M Thornton, A Leonard, P Macdonald.